Is there any good sites for audiobooks that aren’t behind private trackers? I have a great set up with normal ebooks but my wife’s job has here driving for multiple hours a day so she wants audiobooks and I can’t seem to find any consistent sites.

  • sandpiper@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Libby all the way.

    I use Libby every single day. It’s free and linked with your library card. Sometimes books have waits, depending on your library availability, but there are still millions available. When I worked as an Amazon driver, this got me through the long shifts.

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    Check your local library. I used to visit my local library a lot before the pandemic when I lived closer to one. I borrowed audiobooks all the time and ripped them to my PC.

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    Audiobookbay or myanonamouse are my goto’s.

    MAM is private in name only.

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    I know it sucks but in the worst case if you really need a quick fix, Android ebooks readers like “fullreader” will read your existing ebooks through the android TTS

    I tried searching for another app using better quality voices (some do use amazing AI voices) but they’re of course not free and I couldn’t find a working cracked version as they use a remote server for the AI

    It lacks the tones and quality of a real voice actor, but until you find a reliable source…

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    I have been thinking of maybe having some way that Audiobooks (split in mp3s) are available directly to stream using Podcast Apps like Pocket Casts.

    I got to the point where I can split the M4B into Mp3s, and manually creating the XML File for the podcast. The only problem is where should I host it.

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    I’ve been using mobilism dot org for over a decade. A bit hit or miss, but I have myanonymouse as a backup

    I devour audiobooks and it’s very rare I can’t find something between those two

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    might be too few for you, but audible gives you free books every time you sign up for trial. this applies to ALL their different domains. .au, .com, .co.uk, so forth.

    then you just use inaudible and bam. free audio book

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    My suggestion is a little more old-timey. I worked at a number of Goodwill Stores (Thrift Store Chain). The stores I worked at all had a huge selection of audio books on CD, usually for only $1-2. If your car doesn’t have a CD player, you can always choose to rip them to disk. These were well known, mainstream books. Finding niche titles might be harder.